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# interpose

«interpose» in Mova's school dictionary: **to place it between two things or people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (interpose, interposes, interposed, interposing — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To interpose something is to place it between two things or people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#m1)

2) (formal) To interpose yourself is to step in between people, for example to stop a fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#m2)

3) (formal) To interpose a remark is to interrupt by saying something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A formal, literary word found in older books, legal texts and exam-style writing. It tells the reader that someone or something came between others, often to block or protect. Phrases: interpose yourself between, interpose a question.

### examples

- The teacher interposed herself between the two angry boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#x1)
- «Wait a moment,» he interposed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#x2)
- A thick wall was interposed between the street and the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#x3)
- The guard interposed his shield between the knight and the arrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#x4)
- She interposed a question in the middle of his speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#x5)
- The moon interposes itself between the Earth and the Sun in a solar eclipse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/#x6)

### note

Formal; in everyday speech say «step in», «put between» or «interrupt». Regular verb: interposed. Noun: interposition. Not the same as «impose» (to force something on someone).

### In the corpora

- [A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment; for if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.548/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «interpose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.